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[Phil]

Also, bear in mind that 'archival quality' nowadays probably gives the medium a lifetime of about thirty years, in line with the phrase 'in living memory' which is nowadays about fifteen years, except for journalists (two years) and politicians (a week).

Phil M1GWZ



On 5 Jan 2014, at 18:57, Richard O'Neill wrote:

> On 1/5/2014 1:19 PM, William Fenn wrote:
>>  I wonder
>> if future historians will have as much trouble deciphering our computer
>> files as we had deciphering hieroglyphics
> 
> Maybe. Remember what happened to the Apollo mission data? Even today I have to keep my old computer systems to be able to retrieve data recorded only a few years ago. Just think what a couple hundred years will do! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes
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